MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510181200F005.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 5 hour NAM valid 17Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.65,-92.56 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -92.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 78 SFC 992 149 26.2 20.1 69 6.2 21.9 184 9 300.1 302.8 295.3 344.2 15.07 2 950 526 20.9 18.5 86 2.4 19.3 187 16 298.4 301.0 294.3 340.0 14.27 3 900 992 18.6 17.3 92 1.3 17.8 204 28 300.7 303.3 294.7 341.7 13.97 4 850 1482 16.6 11.6 72 5.0 13.4 201 26 303.6 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.17 5 800 1996 12.6 10.2 86 2.3 11.1 205 24 304.5 306.4 292.8 334.0 9.84 6 750 2535 9.8 6.7 81 3.1 7.9 198 25 307.2 308.7 292.3 332.2 8.24 7 700 3106 7.2 1.7 68 5.5 4.2 199 22 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.7 6.19 8 650 3713 4.2 -2.0 64 6.3 1.0 204 24 313.8 314.7 291.6 329.8 5.08 9 600 4359 0.1 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.4 207 27 316.2 317.0 291.8 330.3 4.40 10 550 5050 -5.3 -10.3 68 5.0 -7.4 215 31 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.1 3.17 11 500 5788 -11.7 -14.7 78 3.0 -12.8 216 37 318.8 319.3 290.8 326.9 2.44 12 450 6593 -13.1 -47.0 4 33.9 -18.2 227 46 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.2 0.12 13 400 7479 -19.6 -45.7 8 26.0 -23.1 233 54 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 14 350 8454 -27.6 -48.4 12 20.8 -29.7 239 58 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.14 15 300 9543 -36.0 -51.3 19 15.3 -37.1 239 69 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10781 -46.7 -55.1 38 8.4 -47.0 243 75 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12238 -51.6 -62.6 26 11.0 -52.0 246 82 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.2 0.04 18 150 14060 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.9 244 68 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 246 41 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.42 m Freezing level: 599.54 mb = 4365.57 m = 14322.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3900.59 m = 12797.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.82 mb = 927.06 m = 3041.50 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 7.89 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1395.90 m = 4579.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -5.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.94 mb = 964.09 m = 3163.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.94 mb = 1807.94 m = 5931.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.94 mb = 11384.03 m = 37348.74 ft B at Equ Level: 854.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.94 mb = 13733.56 m = 45057.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.6 neg: -23.1 tot: 56.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 32.78 Bulk Shear: 26.54 m/s